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Richard Bartle Awarded the GDC First Penguin Award

Posted by Zonk on from the i-often-envision-mmog-designers-as-little-men-in-tuxedos dept.

TerraNova has the story that MUD1 co-designer Richard Bartle has been awarded the annual First Penguin Award. The award is given for exhibiting "the courage and bravery of a developer who is the first to test the proverbial waters, in the face of uncertainty of success or failure. Receiving a 'penguin' serves as an inspiration and lesson to the community."

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  1. Annual "First Penguin Award" by Anm · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is not the first annual, nor is it the "Penguin Award". It is the First Penguin award and this is the fifth time it will be given out:
    http://www.igda.org/awards/archive_penguin.htm
    http://www.igda.org/awards/penguin.htm

    Anm

  2. Re:Morphine has good uses by bladesjester · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not all time spent on things like games would otherwise be spent working.

    There is, after all, this thing called recreation. Assuming that you are defined by what work you do is a foolish and dangerous thing.

    That being said, I think I'm going out for the day.

    --
    Everything I need to know I learned by killing smart people and eating their brains.